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			<h1>English ivy and Aloë</h1>
			<p>Day 00786: Monday, 2017 May 01</p>
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	<h2>General news</h2>
	<p>
		I ended up looking up plants that can help with air quality early this morning.
		I found several lists, but most were of plants bigger than It&apos;d think you&apos;d want in your home.
		I did find one very helpful list of <a href="https://www.healthextremist.com./indoor-plants-that-clean-the-air-and-remove-toxins/">common, air-filtering houseplants</a> though.
		Two plants in particular stand out to me.
		The first in Aloë.
		Aloë&apos;s nice and compact.
		It seems it removes a few toxins from the air, too.
		The second is English ivy.
		While less compact, it filters <strong>*airborne mould*</strong> out of the air.
		How awesome is that?
		I assume that airborne mould is mostly mould spores, but I could be very wrong about that.
		In any case, I&apos;m hoping it helps prevent another mould outbreak once I get this one cleaned up.
		I decided to try acquiring both of those plants after work.
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		I asked my coworker that knows about an effective mould spray about the spray.
		They said they&apos;d bring me the name later.
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	<p>
		Another customer came asking us for a numbered menu item, this time a number ten.
		Seriously?
		Do these idiots not know what a dollar sign is?
		That&apos;s the price, you fools, not the menu item number!
		We don&apos;t even <strong>*have*</strong> item numbers, not everyone does.
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		After work, I stopped at Fred Meyer hoping to find the plants I sought.
		First, I located the Aloë.
		I don&apos;t know what this thing is, but I don&apos;t think it&apos;s the Aloë vera I was looking for.
		It was the only Aloë that seemed to be in stock though, and there was only one of it.
		The list mentioned above didn&apos;t actually say the Aloë had to be Aloë vera though, so I&apos;m hoping it&apos;ll work the same.
		If not, I&apos;ll honestly probably never know the difference.
		I think it needs a bigger pot though.
		I&apos;ll transplant it when I can.
		Secondly, I tried to find English ivy.
		No dice.
		They didn&apos;t seem to have it.
		I&apos;ll look elsewhere sometime.
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		When I got home, I found I didn&apos;t have my mobile.
		I think I left it (and therefore my camera) at work.
		If not, I left it at Fred Meyer, in which case I&apos;ll never get it back.
		I&apos;m really hoping it&apos;s just at work.
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		Until I have the English ivy and the mould spray, I&apos;m sleeping in the living room.
		I&apos;ve dragged my mattresses out there for the time being.
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	<p>
		My old school still hasn't written back, so I contacted them again, this time from the email address <strong>*they*</strong> assigned me.
		Let's see if they respond this time.
		My letter was mostly the same as before, but slightly different:
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		<p>
			Hello <span class="redacted">[REDACTED]</span> staff,
		</p>
		<p>
			A while back, I attended <span class="redacted">[REDACTED]</span>, but you overcharged me by two hundred fifty dollars.
			You sent me a refund check, but I didn&apos;t notice it in time, so it expired.
		</p>
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			I wrote to you before to get it reissued, but you weren&apos;t able to help me at the time for some reason and I didn&apos;t have the time to try again until now.
			Can I please get you to check your records, verify that the check was never deposited (so <span class="redacted">[REDACTED]</span> still has my money), and reissue the check?
			If need be, I can send you a scan/photograph of the original check, or even mail it back to you.
			Just let me know what you want me to do.
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			My <span class="redacted">[REDACTED]</span> user ID was <span class="redacted">[REDACTED]</span>.
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			Thank you,<br/>
			~ <span class="redacted">[REDACTED]</span>
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		I&apos;ve pretty much finished up my <span title="Greek and Roman Civilization">HIST 1421</span> work for the week.
		The readings are finished, and my <a href="/en/coursework/HIST1421/#Unit4">learning journal entry</a> has as much information as it&apos;s going to.
		I might reorganise it a bit, but there&apos;s nothing from the reading material left to add.
		My <a href="/en/coursework/HIST1421/Inequalities_in_Rome.xhtml">essay</a> has been written, though it still needs to be proofread and I need to reformat the sources list to be in <abbr title="American Psychological Association">APA</abbr> format.
		I&apos;ve also submitted my initial discussion post for the week:
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			Thirty of the Latin towns revolted and attacked Rome, siding with Rome&apos;s former king.
			It was because of this that Rome appointed a temporary dictator at one point to fend them off.
			Furthermore, these cities, formerly under Roman control, asserted their independence from Rome, reducing Rome&apos;s area of control.
			Later, under leadership from Spurius Cassius, a new treaty with these cities was made.
			With these treaties in effect, Rome was able to depend on the Latin towns to help defend Rome against its enemies.
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			After Rome and its allies defended the Campanians, Rome&apos;s army at Capua became mutinous and threatened to take the city as a reward for their efforts.
			This was fixed by providing regular pay and a part of the spoils of war to the soldiers, but during this period of mutiny, the Latins were the main defenders of Campania, as the Roman army was practically out of commission.
			Campania saw that the Latins were the ones to seek protection from, not the Romans, and began to rely on the Latins instead of Rome.
			Discontent was also spreading through Rome&apos;s Latin allies.
			Rome saw this as a threat and decided to attack their own allies before their enemies in order to put them back in line.
			While Rome had just been defending Campania from Samnium, they made a treaty with the Samnites and turned on their allies, the Latins.
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			With Rome having formerly been in absolute control of the Latin towns, the Latins feared Rome wanted to resume their previous position above the Latins.
			To prevent this, the Latins tried to convince Rome to unite with them to form a single nation of equals.
			As a part of this, the Latins wanted one consul and half the Roman senate to be composed of Latins.
			Rome of course refused, as they didn&apos;t want to lose their authority within their own government, but they did it quite rudely.
			Rome&apos;s refusal to treat the Latins as equals and unite with them resulted in the Latins declaring independence from Rome.
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		<p>
			The readings say that Rome&apos;s unequal treatment of the Latin cities after conquering them this time helped cement them to Rome further, but it doesn&apos;t really explain how that could be.
			Some cities were made to have their citizens become full Roman citizens, which (aside from the demand that certain positions in the government always be filled by Latins) was exactly what they wanted.
			Other cities&apos; citizens were only made Roman citizens with partial rights.
			Lastly, some cities were allowed to remain partially, though not totally, independent.
			I don&apos;t understand how this strategy worked, but apparently, it did.
			When Pyrrhus lead an army into the Latium, they found the Latin cities to be loyal to Rome.
			Rome&apos;s unequal treatment of these cities had paid off.
		</p>
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			Rome&apos;s treatment of the Latin towns was important for different reasons during different periods.
			At one point, it seemed important as a way to prevent future revolts from the Latin cities.
			At another, Rome&apos;s treatment of the Latin cities <strong>*caused*</strong> a revolt.
			Still later, Rome&apos;s treatment of the Latin cities instilled loyalty in them, which convinced Pyrrhus to leave instead of trying to gain their favour.
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		The reading assignment for <span title="Programming 1">CS 1102</span> is as follows:
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			<a href="https://docs.oracle.com./javase/tutorial/java/generics/">Lesson: Generics (Updated) (The Java™ Tutorials &gt; Learning the Java Language)</a>
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		<li>
			<a href="https://docs.oracle.com./javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/">Lesson: Classes and Objects (The Java™ Tutorials &gt; Learning the Java Language)</a>
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		<li>
			<a href="https://docs.oracle.com./javase/tutorial/java/package/">Lesson: Packages (The Java™ Tutorials &gt; Learning the Java Language)</a>
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		<li>
			<a href="https://www.youtube.com./watch?v=d0kiLcZWdWY">CS1102 Programming 1 (java) Unit 4 Lecture 1 - YouTube</a>
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		<li>
			<a href="http://math.hws.edu./javanotes/c4/">Javanotes 7.0, Chapter 4 -- Programming in the Large I: Subroutines</a>
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		I&apos;ve begun the readings and have finished the <a href="/en/coursework/CS1102/firstsubroutines.java.xhtml">programming assignment</a> for the week.
		I&apos;ve also submitted my initial discussion post for the week in this course, which has been archived in my <a href="/en/coursework/CS1102/#Unit4">learning journal</a>.
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